vera menchik 8 times world champion a chess legend of the twentieth century.
simultaneous in london 1931

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“Once there is the slightest suggestion of combinational possibilities on the board, look for unusual moves. Apart from making your play creative and interesting it will help you to get better results.”

🔸 Alexander Kotov

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I've updated some notes on the "Chinese Immortal," Liu Wenzhe's brilliant win over Jan Hein Donner at the 1978 Buenos Aires Olympiad.

https://bit.ly/2FFadOw

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🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Melkumyan,H (2668)
⚫️Sevian,Samuel (2641)
🔸1-0

37.g4! [The Black's threats on the kingside seem dangerous at first sight, but White has everything under control.]

[37.gxh3? Nf4‚ 38.Bf1 exf3 39.Bh4 Be4! 40.Bxg5 Qxg5 41.Rd8+™ Qxd8 42.Qxe4 Ba7=]

37...exf3 [37...Be6 38.a7! Bxa7 39.Qxa7 Nf4 40.Bf1 exf3 41.Bh4! △B×g5 41...Ne2 42.Qe3+–]

38.Bxf3! [△a7]

38...Bc2 [38...Be6 39.a7! Bxa7 40.Qxa7 Nxf3 41.Qa8+ Kh7 42.Qxf3+–]

39.Qc8+™ Kh7 40.Qxc2 Nxf3 41.Qf5! e4 42.Qxf6 gxf6 43.Nxf3 exf3 44.Bg3 [△Kh2]

44...Ne5 45.Rf1 [△Bf2]

45...Nxg4 46.Rxf3 Ba7 47.Rb3 Kg6 48.Rb7+–

⚫️#177 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Padmini,R (2341)
🔸Abdumalik,Z (2473)
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17...f5 [putting the knight on the central outpost would be correct: 17...Ne5! 18.c4 f5 19.Raf1 (19.Bxb7+ Qxb7 20.Nf3 Nd3 21.Rh4 f4-/+) 19...Bxd5 20.exd5 (20.cxd5 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Rxd5³) 20...Rhe8³; 17...Rhf8 18.Nc4 f5 19.Raf1 (19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.exf5 gxf5!³ the queen-bishop battery and also the semi-open g-file would give Black good attacking chances on the kingside.) 19...Rfe8 20.Ne3 Kb8 21.exf5 gxf5 (21...Rxe3 22.Qxe3 Rxd5 23.f6± Qf7 24.Re4) 22.Bxc6 Rg8! 23.Qf2 Qxc6 24.Rxf5 Qe6 25.Qf4+ Ka8 26.Re5 (26.b3?? Qxe3+ 27.Qxe3 Rxg2+ 28.Kh1 Re2+-/+) 26...Qxa2=]

18.Nf3 fxe4 19.Qh3+ Kb8?! [19...Rd7! 20.Rxe4 Kb8=]

20.Rf7=

½–½

⚫️#177 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Lei Tingjie (2457)
🔸Gara,A (2370)
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42...Bd1! [42...Rd7 43.Bd5 h5 44.h3 Bd1 45.Qe4 Be2 46.e6 Qe1+ 47.Kg2 Qf1+ 48.Kg3 Qe1+=; 42...h5 43.Qf2 h4+ 44.Kg2 Qc3 45.Qf3 Qd2+=]

43.Qf2 Qd3+ 44.Kh4 h6 45.f5 Kh7?? [45...Rd7 46.Bc6 (46.Bg2 g5+ 47.fxg6 (47.Kh5 Kh7! 48.h4 f6 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Bf1 Qxd6!! 51.exd6 Bb3–+) 47...fxg6 48.Bc5 g5+ 49.Kh5 Rf7 50.Qd4 Qxd4 51.Bxd4 Rf4 52.Bc3 Kh7 53.h3 Bc2–+) 46...Bxg4?? 47.Kxg4 Qc4+]

46.Qf4 Bc2 47.Qf3 Qd4 48.f6 g5+

½–½

⚪️#178 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Muzychuk,M (2545)
🔸Wafa,Shahenda (2145)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 178
public poll

A) Be2 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@PouyaMO1360, Max, @steve12345678910, @Sophia_Giraffe, Erdal, Michael, Kasyap

B) g4 – 3
👍👍👍 30%
@A_Wild_Richard, Srikar, @Miladdark79

C) Kb1
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#178 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Vega Gutierrez,S (2389)
🔸Bodnaruk,A (2426)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 178
public poll

A) Bc4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
Masoud, @steve12345678910, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Erdal, @Miladdark79, Michael, Kasyap

C) Rf1 – 5
👍👍👍👍 33%
@aadiib, Mohammad, Max, @raienr, Mohammad

B) R×f8 – 2
👍👍 13%
@PouyaMO1360, Srikar

👥 15 people voted so far.

During Chess Tournament Jurmala-1978 in Latvia.
At the board of anaylyses sitting GM G.Sosonko, GM Garry Kasparov, GM Mikhail Tal.
Standing in the middle USSR master Aleksander Nikitin, Kasparov's trainer.

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🔸 Viswanathan Anand

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Magnus Carlsen loses to Woman
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexandra Kosteniuk
World Blitz Championship (2009) · Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Variation (C43) · 0-1

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